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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1915)
r LSrVWWWWVWWWSWyVg$ Stolen Plans, and Others i Bb jack curtiss 1 (Copyright, 1915, by W. Q. Chapman.) Bramwell, the general manager of tho Loftus corporation, stared with a white face at Lewis, the treasurer. In front of him was an open safe. "It's gone!" he said. Lewis was shaking as if stricken with ague. "What do you make of it?" he stammered. "I tell you what I make of It!" shout ed Bramwell. "Tho Neatfoot company has stolen the plans for our new en gine. It means a difference of about twelve million dollars. They've been after it for a year. And to ua !t mews bankruptcy." Lewis closed the safe before answer ing. "After all, it's up to Fcggls," he said. "He put the plans in the safo. He went off on a sudden Jaunt to Eu rope without leaving any address. He's the president, not you or I." "But how did It get out of the safe?" demanded Bramwell, when they were closeted together In the manager's of fice. "At least we'll trace the thief. Somebody knew the combination." "liver hear of tho man who op?un fares by catching the sound?" asked Lewis. "Some fellow like that. It's an easy trick, I understand. Some con- "What Do federate in tho oilloe introduced the man probably lid bin in tho ladles' coatrcom around flvo o'clock, whore he could hear 'be safe being opened. After j that It was easy." . ...... "Who -volts at nigi't bsaidea ra ters?" "lUlsa GrUnun." "Whow!" said Bramwell. "Engaged, aren't they?" They stared at each other and then smiled. There was small hope of re covering the plans, but at least It seemed tu then that they were on the trail. John Peter, President Feggls' sec retary, and Nancy Graham, his stenog rapher, had practically the run of the office during the president' absence. Tho Inquisition bad narrowed Itself down to them. Nobody else could pos sibly have teen guilty. Peters had en tered the president's employ In his precent cnpaclly five years before, Miss Graham seven. She had worked up to her present ponltlon at thirty dol lars a week, and there existed some fooling against her, not only on tho part of the girls who were now her subordinates, but among Bramwell and Lewis, who resented the fact that she and Peters occupied a practically Independent position during the presi dent's absence. In spite of the headB' precautions the Btory of the theft leakod out. In sensibly tho suspicion of the office force was dlrcctod toward the occu pants of the mahogany-furnished room whero Peters and Nancy worked to gether. And insensibly Nancy felt that chilling suspicion enter ber own heart There was, !n reality, little room for private talk between them, even If they bad becu so minded. The presl dent's office, fitted with transparent windows that looked out directly upon the genera! office, allowed both occu pants to be seen at all times. Often Nancy would look up from ber work to see a dozen pairs of eyes watching her. They were to have been married that spring. The marriage had been poitponed when the crisis compelled the cutting down of salaries. John was making only forty-five a week now, sum ample for their needs, only Nancy, with memories of a life of pov erty behind her, did not Intend to tart lite, giving up her position af ter her marriage, without a substantial bank account. And she would not work when she was married. She and. John, were old faBhloned people, and neither believed In that. "Nancy," John had pleaded, "give up your work and marry me. I shall be getting fifty again next year, and after that a substantial raise at some time. Don't lot us spend our youth together here when we might be so happy." The girl had steadfastly refused, John had taken It hard at first. Some times she almost ro'ected, but her principle kept her tu h(-r decision. He wouia be giau wnen the time came. "Nancy," he had once said to ber. "If I could get some money, several thousand dollars, would you marry me at once?" "How would you get It?" the par ried. ? "I bare an Investment," John had laughed. And bis words came back to her at ho gat within the office, near John Onco the raised ber eyes and looked at him steadfastly. His own eyes had ... been fixed cruUullugly ou burs, lie You Make of It?" He Stammered. dropped tbom. Later that day he told her some thing that amazed her. His Invest ment had been of o little legacy a few hundred dollars only, but a tip from a broker had enabled him to real Ize five thousand on It. He had the money safe In the bank. Would she marry him now? And the girl's eager Joy was damp ened by the sudden fearful suspicion that came to her. She thrust It aside but it returned. John a thief? John, whom she adored with all her mind constantly? She waited with a crush ing burden at her heart. And day by day thoy felt the sus picion rise and hang over them like a dark cloud. O'Day, tlio mall sorter, had been dis charged the week before. The new man, Fa'.Ion, a surly, vindictive-looking fellow, had his post opposite the window facing Nancy's desk. When ever she looked up she would see Fal lon's eye3 fixed on hers. He seemed to be watching her. And it was not long before she begnn to see Fallon lurking behind her when she went out to lunch, when she went home. The man was a spy. She was under sus picion, then. Those wretched days In the offlco, when John, absorbed, hardly spoke to her, were breaking down the girl's nerves. John whs guilty! Tho Impression had grown Into certainty. The story of the legacy was preposterous. In Nancy's brain an Idea was born. Quiet ly and unostentatiously she went from ber lunch one day into the office build ing of the Neatfoot company, emerg ing through the other door. Glancing back as she passed out, she saw Fallon waiting for her. There was a look of satisfaction on bis dark face. He followed her to the office almost openly. Twice more Nancy performed this feat. Each time she saw Fallon be hind her. And somehow, In the mys terious way of offices, that story got known too. Nancy read It In the faces of all the girls, In John's. He knewl And by now their Intimacy had dwindled to a shadow of friendship. John no longer called for her, alleg ing the prossuro of work In the office. Ho stayed there nightly, after Nancy had gone home. "Mr. Bramwell wishes to see you, Miss Graham!" With beating heart Nancy followed the boy into the general magnate's room. Lewlj was there with Bram well. "Sit down, Miss Graham," said Bramwell. "You know Mr. Feggls will be back today and before he comes" his voice was soft as honey "I think you had hotter confess that you stole that plan of the engine." They waited, watching her face like hawks. "We've got the goods on you," shout ed Lewis theatrically. "You'd better confess. You have been tracked to the Neatfoot offices.'' "Yes, I confess," said Nancy calmly. "I was bribed to steal that engine plan." Before tho triumph on their faces had risen to the full the door opened and John came hurrying in. 'You can cut that outl" he shout ed. "I "tola the engine plans, and I warn you that all the office is talking about Miss Graham being implicated, Well, It's a He. I'm responsible." The look of triumph turned to amazement. Then LewtB leaped for ward. You both stole them!" he shouted, 'I have suspected you from the be ginning. This will be a Jail sen tence" Dear me, what will be a Jail sen tence? What Is this trouble about?' demanded a pleasant-voiced old gentle man, entering the offlco, umbrella in hand. "Mr. Feggls!" exclaimed Bramwell, Sir, the engine plans have been stolen, sold to the Neatfoot company, and these persons are the guilty ones. They took the plans from the safe 'What are you talking about?" de manded Feggls. "Didn't the mesaon ger deliver that note I sent you from on board the Aqultatne? Why, my dear follow. I took tho plans. Had an emergency order from the French gov ernment, and couldn't wait io explain, Just got home with the contract. But Miss Graham has confessed! cried the bewildered Bramwell. "And Mr. Peters i lso," said Lewis. Mr, Feggls turned and looked lnt tho faces of the lovers. "I think," he said with quiet empha sis, "that it you will intrust the matter to me I can obtain a vory quick re cantation from thorn " But Instead of obtaining the recanta tion he quietly left the room with his r.ldes. "Oh, John!" sobbed Nancy, thought you you Can you ever for give me?" "But I thought you" stuttered John. "Why, Nancy, what on earth didn't you believe In that legacy? I tell you what, doar, we've both been overworked and got a little nerve worn. What do you say to starting that honeymoon tomorrow?" Tomorrow?" Nancy gasped. "Why, I can't possibly that Is, not till the day after, John." Cool Canadian. A soldier correspondent of the Lon don Dally Mirror writes to that paper of a recent Incident: "I was returning from a doserted village near he writes, "when I saw leisurely strolling down the road a man abso lutely naked. You can Judge my as tonUhmont. "When we mot, after greetings he told me that he had become separated from bis regiment, accldently walked Into an enemy tronch, and there had boon Btrlpped of all his clothing and put under guard. In the night be had managed to overpower the guard and make his escape, trusting to got some clothing on his way back. I gave bin) my waterproof and, after begging a cigar, he coolly continued bis Journey. I have since had my waterproof re turned with a loiter of thanks from the tender, a Canadian officer." Unintentional Deference. "Mr. Wagglejor refusos to recog nize the Intellectual superiority of women." "But be doe recognize it," rejoined Ml Cayenne. "Yesterday he Insist ed on doing all tho talking and letting m do all the thinking." WALlXLK ARABELLA Arabella was a beautiful wax doll, in her day, and was given the best of care by her mother who waB very fond of her, and when the mother was too old to play with dolls she wrapped Arabella in a soft cloth and put her in a drawer, where she re mained for many years. Then one day she took her out, and Arabella heard her say to a little girl who stood beside her: "This was my best doll when I was little girl. Now I am going to give her to you. Her name is Arabella, and you must be very careful of her, for she Is wax and cannot be dropped without breaking, as your other dolls." "But, mother," the little girl said, can't Bhe be mended if I break her?" "No," said her mother, "it will spoil poor Arabella If you drop her, as her head Is very soft." Arabella was very carofully handled for a few days. She was put In a pretty carriage and wheeled about; then she was undressed at night and put Into a nice littlo bed, and she had a new dress and a stylish bon- Poor Arabella's Face Was Changed. net, and a number- of little girls came to see her. Hor new mother told them flint ArAhrllfi wna rnrv nil! and thftt her mother plsydVltu hor when she was ft Utile irlrl Rut Arabella lauehed to herself. Kho did not feol old, and sho knew' If hor mother gave her good care sho would always look young nnd feel young. Thero came a day, however, when her new mother became tired of her, and sho wuh l:ift all day without be ing dresBod, and sometimes she would have to lie In bed for days at a time with her eyps closed. At other times she would bo loft In her car- rlago all night, and there she would sit, staring into the darkness, and she wouui wmn her now moiner woum put her to bed so sho could close her eyes. One night Arabella was left In her carriage on the piazza oil night "Oh. dor!" thought Arabella. "I will freeze out here i.i tho night air. And a big dog crae up to her car riage and sniffed at her. "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" she cried "What will I do? I urn so afraid!" Then tho do licked her cheek and took off sonio of the red. Poor Ara bella almost filmed, but she sat quite still and looked straight ahead, and the dog walked away. Arabella was tlad when the day light cams, but the sun came also, and her nw mother did not move her carriage, for sho was busy making mud plos on tl.o shady side of the house. By and by the sun crept up to Arnbellu's carriage and then to hor feet, and f.na'ly all over her. Oh. dt-sr," thought Arabella, "will no ono sv4 mo? I shall melt. I know I shall ;" but her new mother was vry bury with hor cooking. At lurch time the now mother ran around to the front of the house to moot hor father, and then she saw Arabolln, cud such an Arabella you nevar sav. Ilor now niotnor loonea at hor, and ran Into the house for hor nioUior to come quick and see what h)d happened to Arabella. Poor Arabolla'i faco vas changed, Indeed; the wax. hcl. uiakod and run down her cheeks; sho looked old and sad. "I told you not to leave her In the sun," said tho mother to the little (Irl. "But can't her face be put In shape again?" asked the new mother. "No," said Arabella's first mother, "she Is spoiled, and to think I played with her for years, and she was as good as new when I gave her to you." She took Arabella out of the car riage. "You poor old dolly," Bhe said, and Arabella leaned lovingly against her. "Tho children nowadays do not love their dolls as I did when I was a littlo girl. I thought as much of you then as a mother does of her child. I'll put you back In the attic," she baI J, carrying Arabella into the house, "for I cannot put you In the ragbaj. Even If your face Is spoiled, you always will be Arabella to me, no matter how you look." ' So Arabella went back to .the soft cloth and the drawer, where she was glad to be, for sho was tired, and Bhe closed her oyo-i for a long Bleep. Polite Tommy, Tommy's father had been giving him lessen In politeness. One day, hearing noise coming from the nursery, ho investigated and found Tommy pounding his little brother. "I'm Kurprlsod, Tommy," said his father, sternly, "that you should hurt your llil'.o brothor. Don't you know that It Is cowardly to strike one who la amllur than yourself?" 'JYes," replied the culprit, meekly, llbu. when you spanked mo yesterday t wss too pili'e t nentlon It" Ladl' Ilea. Journal mm ik I GIRLS ALWAYS GETTING HURT Small Boy Gives Reason for Object ing to Sister as Playmate Ob servation of Child Life. In the Woman's Home Companion Mary Heaton Vorse writes a story en titled, "The Independence of Sarah." It is full of wise observation of child life. In the following extract, Alice, the mother of a family, learns why her small son Robert does not want his Bister Sarah as a playmate. "Her sense of Justice made Alice feel that Robert should let Sarah Into his out-of-door games. She had a the ory that little boys and girls play the same games If they are brought up naturally together. For the most part Sarah shared this opinion of her moth er; she shared it strongly; she shared It vociferously. Robert dif fered. 'He put It this way: 'Fellows don't want a girl forever tagging around and always yelling.' 'I should think,' responded his mother, 'that you want your little sis ter to play with you.' "Thus driven into a corner he said: 'I want her to play with me, all right; but If she's going to play, why don't she play? She always gets hurt with the least thing and comes home bawling.' "To this Alice responded: 'It's her feelings that get hurt.' " " 'I don't care what part of her gets hurt,' said the downright Robert, 'It It gets hurt and she yells, and the boys say to me: "Oh, gee! Here comes your sister again. Run!"' 'I can run Just as fast as lots of you,' said Sarah. 'I can run faster than Skinny Allen. I can run faster than Mud Morse.' " 'I know you can,' responded her brother gloomily; 'that's what makes It so fierce. We'd get away lots often- er If you couldn't.' " TOKENS OF HIGH CHARACTER Good Manners Recommend, Prepare and Draw People Together Make Fortune of Ambitious Youth. We are told much of utilities, but tls our manners that associate us. In hours of business we go to him who knows, or has, or does this or that which we want, and we do not let our taste or feeling stand in the way. But, this activity over, we return to the Indolent state, and wish for those we can be at ease with; those who will go where we go, whose manners do not offend us, whose social tone chimes ours. When we reflect upon their per suasive and cheerful force; how they recommend, prepare and draw people i"BHuer, uuw, m u u., u...,.o make the members; how manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth: that, for the most part, he marries manners; when we think what keys they are, and to what secrets; what high lessons and inspiring tokens of character they convey, and what this fine telegraph we see what range the subject has, and what relations to convenience, power and beauty. Emerson.' ,'. ' " ' PUZZLE FOR THE MOTORISTS Eight Drivers Went to Different Churches One Morning and None Crossed Path of the Other. Eight motorists drove to church one morning. Their respective houses and churches, together with the only roads available (the dotted lines), are shown. One went from his house, A, TT urn ft j..j.-t Churches and Houses. " to his church, A; another from his house, B, to his church, B; another from C to C, and so on; but it was afterwards found that no driver ever crossed the track of another car. Take Answer to Puzzle. your pencil and try to trace out their various routes. The routes taken by the eight drivers are shown tn the Illustration, whore the dotted line roads are emitted to make the pathB clear to the eye. A Great Secret, Qertle Is only tour, but she can keep a secret' very well Indeed. The other day she almost told about a nice surprise, but remembered In time not to mention It. It happened like this: Gortle was writing a letter all by herself and was hard at work upon It whon mother came In. "Why, what a beautiful letter! said mother. "Who ia it for?" "Oh, I can't tell you," the little maiden answered hastily, "because It's a secret and a surprise, but but you'll know when you get It! No Way to Stop the Sun. Charlie and Nancy had quarreled. After their supper mother tried to re establish friendly rotations. She told them of the Bible verse, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath." "Now, Charlie," she pleaded, "are you going to let the sun go down on your wrath?" Charlie squirmed a little. Then: "Well, how can I stop It?" Kanaat City Star. Would Take Her Up. "Now, Earlle, once for all, will yoj wash your face and hands?" "8ur thing, It It's once lor alL" 1 rl EH I 6 1 4 1 CAUSE OF HAY FEVER Pollen of Ragweed Is Blamed by Physicians. Irritating Principle of Plant Has Long Been Known Stigma That Rest ed on the Goldenrod Has Been Removed. The chief cause of fall hay fever Is the pollen of the two varieties of ragweed. The generic name of the two ragweeds Is ambrosia. The com mon or wormweed variety is called "artemlsllfolla" on account of its leaves resembling those of the worm wood (artemlsia.) It Is an annual, with leaves much cut and thin, oppo site and alternate, as shown In the Il lustration. It has spikes of green flow ers at the end of the branches. It re sembles the common wormwood, which, however, bears small Insigni ficant white flowers. The great ragweed is called "trl fldia" on account of Its large three lobed leaves. It Is the tallest mem ber of the group, and frequently grow to a height of 12 feet. It Is common in moist soil In the lowlands near the gulf coast. The Irritating principle of both rag weeds is formed in the spikellke flow er, being yellowish in color and almost as light as smoke. It is bo abundant that during the stage of pollination it will stain one's clothes yellow while passing through such a field. It Is so extremely light that It Is almost Im possible to collect any amount of It without Its being blown away. Laboratory Investigators have Iso lated a large number of plants whose pollen will produce the characteristic reaction of hay fever. The golden- rod, for instance, has been accused of being responsible for SO per cent of all cases of hay fever. The commit tee on original research of the Ameri can Hay Fever Prevention associa tion has demonstrated the fact, how ever, that the goldenrod belongs to a group of only 15 per cent of cases that do not owe their origin to the rag weed. An obvious reason for the goldenrod not being responsible for a large num ber of cases is that its pollen Is not wind-blown, but heavy and tenacious, so that the majority of patients are af fected only in the event that the nos trils are placed In close proximity to the flower. The pollen of the ragweed, however. Is easily detached In clouds and Is dis tributed by the wind over a large ter ritory. The usual attacks of fall bay fever sufferers are coincident with the pol lination of the ragweed, while the goldenrod frequently blooms for weeks after the attacks have subsided. The most active stage of the rag weed Is in the month of September and every effort should be made at that time to destroy these noxious weeds. The object of the American Hay Fever Prevention association is the dissemination of general knowledge of benefit to sufferers from hay fever, the education of the public regarding the weeds that are known to produce this Wormwood Ragweed, Responsible With the Great Ragweed, for 85 Per Cent of Fall Hay Fever More Com mon In the Middle and Northern States. disease, and the use of Its Influence and co-operation toward the eradica tion of such weeds. Malarial fever, In recent years, has been enormously diminished by pre ventive methods, such a draining swamps; typhoid fever ba been de creased through the care taken in the water supply, and the destruction of infected material; tubercubpsls and other disease have found their advo cates for preventive methods. The American Hay Fever Preven tion association hag instituted, direct ly and through Its affiliated state as sociations, a campaign of education re garding the hay fever producing weeds, which It Is hoped will In a few year destroy the cause ot this wide spread disease. W. Scheppegrell, President American Hay Fever Pre vention Association. Working From a Model. "The stage manager says I must assume an expression of haughty scorn more eloquent than words," said the actor. "I wonder how I'm going to get that?" "Come with me to dinner. We'll refuse to give the waiter a tip and then we'll watch his face. To Try the Wirt System. Newark. N. J.. Is to try the Wirt svstem In Its public schools. This Is the plan devised by William Wirt of Gary, Ind., the essence ot wnicn la the full use of school plants. Cleveland, 0., has also been considering giving the plan a trial. Undernourished Children. Statistics show that tn six of the nation's largest cities from 11 to 20 per cent of the child population Is noticeably underfed or 1U nourished. IN THE BELGIAN WHITE. TRADER AND G ET out your atlas, turn to the map of Africa, run your finger down the west coast of the continent that Livingstone and Stanley made famous until you have crossed the equator and reach the Congo river, direct your course up that majestic stream and in due sea son you will come to the town of Boma that Is, provided you have the right kind of atlas. Boma doesn't cut much of a figure on the map. It is the capital ot Bel gian Congo and Americans have been content for the most part to let It go that. But since the war broke out food supplies have been curtailed, and now the people of Belgian Congo are having a chance to sample American products. Credit for the opening of this new field is due to a Detroit man, Harry McBride, American consul at Boma. "That portion of Africa with which am familiar offers unlimited possi bilities for American prospectors and nanufacturers," said Mr. McBride, when last at home on vacation. "Bel gian Congo, for example, 1b one-third is large as the United States. It has 000,000 natives and only 6,000 white. Dne thousand miles up the Congo lver from the coast and that Is quite way, you know are diamond and old concessions held by Americans hat are said to be among the best In the world and only need developing, rhere are about thirty American pros pectors in the district now, nearly all Irom California. There will probably be more before there are less, for once movement of that nature gets start- 3d It spreads rapidly. Natives Kill Prospector. 'In spite of what commerce and the missionaries have done, prospect ing is still fraught with great danger In many localities, for the natives har bor intense hatred for the whites and will kill them upon the slightest prov ocation. It might seem that controlling these savages would be a simple thing. As a matter of fact, they know all the time what is taking place, and no mat ter how remote the village no white man can enter It In such a way a to surprise the natives. They are look ing for you every time. One reason tor this lies in the splendid system of wireless communication they main tain. A log is hollowed out, usually a good-sized one. Over the ends of this are stretched dried leopard skins, forming a head, and when a native armed with a heavy club or a hammer pounds on this log there follows a penetrating boom that can be heard for miles through the foreBt. They seem to have a generally recognized code of signals, and the coming of strangers Is passed along the line with astonishing rapidity. There is another time when these crude drums come Into play. This Is when the tax collector makes his rounds. All the natives are supposed to pay an annual head tax, ranging from $1 to $2.40, according to their employment and income. Naturally, the collector Is unpopular. Conse quently, as he makes bis rounds the dull boom of drums reverberates through the Jungle, and when be reaches a village he is liable to find only the chief and a handful ot sub jects. Where are the others ot the tribe? Ah! With much weeping and many protestations the chief asserts that a plague swept over them and they are all dead excepting the faith ful few. The He Is palpable, but as there Is no way of determining the number ot those liable to taxation the receipts suffer very materially. In fact, since a cessation of the atroci ties credited to King Leopold and his agents was forced the revenues of Queer Sentence. A monkey exhibited at a museum established at Tacubaya, Mex., was condemned to be shot under Judicial sentence. It seems that the animal bit a man, who died from the results of the bite. The family ot the de ceased brought complaint before a Judge, who was foolish enough to in stitute criminal procedings against the monkey and sentenced him to be shot. Luckily, the manager of the museum brought Influence to bear and succeeded In obtaining a change of the sentence to perpetual imprison ment The monkey Is now enduring the punishment of his crime behind the bars of an iron cage at the nuseum. Restoration of Palestine. Palestine Is essentially an agricul tural country, as It has absolutely no other resources, and In past times sup ported a large population. But it should be understood that to restore It to Its former prosperity would require considerable capital and a radical re form of government Though the Israelites came out of the very produc (WO NATIVE StffVANTJ the colony have fallen off to such an extent that It requires careful work to make ends meet sometimes. Rubber and ivory are still exported in large quantities, and cocoanuts cultivated along the coast. "Firearms are not supposed to be sold to the natives any more. How ever, they are at liberty to buy gun powder for those still in their posses sion, although bullets are barred. They get around this by taking steel nails, wire and various things, cutting them into bits and using these for bul lets. You can Imagine what happens when a human or an animal gets a charge ot chopped steel nails in his hide. Excel American Indians. 'As archers the African nativeB ex cel the American Indian at his best, a thing that surprised me, while as metal workers there is no comparison. The Africans still use great numbers of bows and arrows. The latter are three feet long, very heavy, and fit ted with the most wicked-looking barbs of giant proportions that I ever . saw. If one of those barbs entered a human, and he survived, it would be necessary to cut him pretty well to pieces In order to get the arrows out of his anatomy. They also use pol-son-tipped arrows, which are fatal to anything living that they strike. Some of the finest examples of metal working I ever saw are pro duced by these natives In their crude forges and with the primitive tools they make for themselves. Their bat tleaxes are positive works of art. heavy, but carefully wrought and skill fully finished. Their knives are the finest steel. They have a strange way of keeping score with these same axes. Whenever an ax has done its deadly work, be it taking a human life or merely lopping off a finger or ampu tating an ear by way of emphasis, an other pair , of eyes and another nose are carved on one of the crossbars. And when all the available space has been given over to these ghastly re minders of bloodshed the ax is cast aside, another is brought into play and a new score started." Antelope, hippopotamus, crocodiles and other tropical denizens Inhabit the rivers and the forests, and leopards are so common as to attract little at tention. Boma Is 46 miles up the Congo riv er from the coast Matadl, 25 miles further, Is the principal seaport From here inbound cargoes are transferred to a railroad running to Stanley Pool, 240 miles distant, beyond the rapids that prevent navigation. Here the freight is placed aboard river steam ers for distribution along the 9,000 miles of navigable waterways that ex tend Into the Interior. That short stretch of railway happens to be one' of the most remunerative enterprises in Africa in good times. Every pound passing 'over the rails and there is no other way to travel Is assessed heavily. There are about 170 white residents in Boma, most ot them Belgian offi cials. It is not exactly the place one would select as a health resort. Live stock cannot exist there, because it contracts the sleeping sickness. Beeves are brought down the coast on sailing vessels, killed as wanted, and when the stock Is exhausted others are imported, but no attempt Is made at breeding cattle. There being no horses, carriages have no place. In stead there is a single-wheeled chair, called a push-push, with a native in front to pull and another at the back to maintain the equilibrium. Taxi cab rates are not exorbitant. It is possible to obtain a push-push and two natives tor six dollars a month, or thereabouts. tive land of Egypt, their destination was described as a land flowing with milk and honey. This statement is most Interesting in the light of facts concerning the production ot honey here. It is well known to botanists that Palestine is the meeting place of flora of three different continents, and this circumstance combined with the varied altitudes produces a condition most favorable to bee culture. Scien tific American. The Stranger In Town. "Now, Uncle f.:," said young Sprig gins, showing the old gentleman the sights, "shall we take a ride In a taxi, an omnibus or a Bight-seeing coach?" "Wa-al, Jtmmie," said Uncle SI, "et ye're goln' to th' expense ot a waggln to show me around, I kind o' think I'd like to take a spin In one o' them cabarets I've heerin tell so much about" All She Wanted to Know. "But what is his reputation? That la the principal thing." "Well, papa, he is reputed to spend $50,000 a year. That's good enough for me!" Judja,